Manufacture of brushes.



' No. 722,017. PATENTED MAR. 3, 1903.

J. J. HAYDEN & J. P. POWERS. MANUFACTURE OF BRUSHES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14, 1902.

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JOHN J. HAYDEN AND JOHN P. POWERS, OF OSSINING, NEWV YORK.

MANUFACTURE OF BRUSHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 722,017, dated March 3, 1-903.

Application filed June 14, 1902. Serial No. 111,788. (No model-l T all 107mm 7375 y 007mg? ture C it is necessary to remove the brush Be it known that we, JOHN J. HAYDEN and back or block B from the casing and turn it JOHN P. POWERS, citizens of the United around and then reinsert it into the casing. 55

States, and residents of Ossining, in the By this arrangement the brush-back orbrushcountyot' WVestchesterand State ofNew York, block can be readily reversed relative to the have invented a new and Improved Streetcasing and in either position is securedin the Broom or ScrubbingBrush, of which the folcasing by the tapered end of the broom stick lowing is a full, clear, and exact description. or handle D. Thus when the brush is used 60 The object of the invention is to provide a and the bristles wear down more on the side new andimproved street-broomorscrubbingnext to the handle D than at the front then brush for use in cleaning streets, scrubbing the brush-back is reversed in the casing to floors and decks of vessels, and for other purbring the longer bristles to the rear next to poses which is simple and durable in conthe handle and the shorter ones to the front 65 struction and arranged to permit of reversing to insure even Wear of the bristles. This I5 the back carrying the bristles or fibers to aloperation can be repeated several times'durlow uniform wear thereof without danger of ing the lifetime of the brush to insure unisplitting or warping the back, and thereby form wear of the bristles and consequent efloosening the bristles or fibers. fective use of the brush or broom. 70

The invention consists of novel features The casing O,1nade of sheet metal, is formed and parts and combinations of the same, as with a closed end O integral witha top 0 and will be more fully described hereinafter and terminating at its bottom in a guideway 0 then pointed out in the claims. extending inwardly to receive the under side A practical embodiment of the invention of the inner end of the brush-back B to assist 75 is represented in the accompanying drawings, in supporting the latter in the casing. The forminga part of this specification, in which top 0 continues into an integral side 0 similar characters of reference indicate corformed with an inwardly-turned longitudinal responding parts in all the views. guideway O in horizontal alinement with the Figure 1 is a perspective view of the in. guideway C and located directly opposite a 80 provement. Fig. 2 is anunder-side perspecsimilar longitudinal guideway C formed on tive view of the casing. Fig. 3 is a perspecthe side 0 of the casing, the' said side 0 be-- tive view of the brush-back, carrying the bris ing made of a separate piece of sheet metal tles or fibers; and Fig. 4 is a transverse secto form at its upper end a flange C fastened tion of the improvement. by rivets or like devices E to a scraper O in 85 The bristles or stiff fibers A are secured in the shape of a flange extending integrally the usual manner in a brush back or block from the top 0 and in an upwardly and out- 13, adapted to be inserted into a casing O, Wardly inclined direction, as plainly illusthrough the open end thereof, and fastened trated in the drawings. Now the guideways in place in the said casing by the tapered end C and C are engaged by the under side of go of a broom stick or handle D, extending with the brush back or block B, at the sides thereof, the tapered end through registering apertures so that the brush-back B is supported at the O and B or B of which the aperture C is two sides by the guideways G and O and at formed in the top (3' of the casing, while the one end by the gnideway C New by referapertures B and B are formed in the brush ence to Fig. 4 it will be seen that the handle 5 back or block B and in transverse alinement D extends from the casing upwardly and outwith each other, as plainlyindicated in Figs. wardly, but in an opposite direction from 3 and 4:. The apertures B and B are inclined that of the scraper C to allow the operator toward each other, as will be readily underto conveniently turn the device around, so stood by reference to Fig. 4:, so that one aperas to bring the bristles A uppermost and the 100 ture is in alinement with the aperture 0 when scraper O downward for using the scraper the brush-back B is inserted in the casing, C for scraping purposes,to clean out corners and in order to bring the other aperture in and the like. the brush-back in alinement with the aper- From the foregoing it will be seen that the scraper C -and the handle D will always stand in the same relatiy'e position to each other irrespective of whether the brush-back B is in the ordinary or a reversed position in the casing C.

By constructing the casing O of two parts, as described, a very'strong and durable casing is produced and the scraper O is strongly reinforced by the flange C. It is understood that the bristles A are so arranged on the block B that they extend through the opening in the bottom of the casing 0, between the inner edges of the guideways C C and 0 (See Fig. 4.) As the brush-back is almost completely protected by the casing it is evident that it is not liable to be injured, split, or warped when the broom is in use, and hence the bristles are not liable to become loose and long life of the brush is insured that is, until the bristles are completely worn off.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A street-broom or scrubbing-brush provided with a casing having an apertured top, an integral end formed with an inwardlyturned guideway, an integral side formed with an integral inwardly-extending longitudinal guideway, a scraper extending integrally from the top of the casing opposite the said integral side, a separate side having an inwardly-turned guideway at the bottom and a flange at its upper end, and means for securing the said flange to the said scraper, as set forth.

2. A broom or brush comprising a casing having an open end, and provided with guideways on the bottom at two sides and one end thereof and with an aperture in its top, a removable brush-back carrying bristles and mounted to slide in and out of the said oasing and through the said open end, the said brush-back being provided with two transversely-alined apertures inclined toward the longitudinal center of the brush-back and toward each other, one of the apertures being adapted to register at a time with one of the apertures in the top of the said casing, and a handle having a tapering end extending in the registering apertures in the top of the casing and the brush-back, to secure the latter to the handle and to hold the brush-back against sliding movement in the casing, as set forth.

JOHN J. HAYDEN. JOHN P. POWERS. Witnesses:

R. H. KENNEDY, E. D. BUsBY. 

